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Miss
Liu: Is this your first visit to Beijing, Mr. White?
Mr. White: Yes. I wonder where
shall we start?
L: Shall we go to Tian’anmen
Square first?
W: Great! To
me, nothing seems better than to visit Tiananmen square.
L: Good. Shall we go there on
foot?
W:
Is it far from here to the Square?
L:
No. About twenty minutes' walk.
W:
OK, let’s go there on foot. And I think we can see more of Beijing
in this way.
L: You are quite right. (at
the Square)
W: Oh, how great
it is! What fine workmanship! I've heard so much about the Square.
Now I have
the pleasure of seeing it with my own eyes.
L: It is five hundred yards wide.
W:
Oh, dear! It is five times as large as St. Peter's in Rome. And it
is the largest and perhaps, I think, one of the most pleasing squares
in the world.
L: I think so. Look at that
monument, it’s the
monument to the People's Heroes.
W:
What a grand monument! It seems to be scraping
the skies.
L: The Square is really very
great. You see, that is Tian'anmen.It stands in the center of the
city. On the west of the Square is the
Great Hall of the People and on the east are the
Museum of the Chinese Revolution and the
Museum of Chinese History. Here you can trace
the history of China from its earliest beginning to the modern era.
W: The Square is really much larger
than I expected.
L: That’s right. Now,
shall we go to the museums?
W: By
all means.
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